Frame adapted to be attached to bedsteads for supporting bed-covers.



0. P. BRUNELLE FRAME ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO BEDSTEADS FOB. SUPPORTINGBED COVERS. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 15, 1 910 984,070, Patented Feb. 14,1911.

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FRAME ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO BEDSTEADS FOR SUPPORTING BED-COVERS)Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1st, 1911.

Application filed October 15, 1910. Serial No. 587,232.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ONnsInn F. BRU- iginmn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Centerdale, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFrames Adapted to be Attached to Bedsteads for Supporting Bed-Covers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improved means for holding or supporting bedcovers, and it consists essentially of a jointed, adjustable frame,adapted to be detachably secured to a bedstead, and capable of beingswung upwardly from the normal horizontal position, as for example,preliminary to making up the bed or when the latter is to be occupied.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive lightframe or device arranged to be clamped to the posts of a bedstead; theconstruction being such that the frame can be readily adjusted to bedsvarying both in length and width.

The device, when mounted or attached to the bedstead, is employed tosupport or hold tlatwise, independent of and above the bed proper, afabric or textile cover or bed spread of suitable material and design orpattern; said cover in this case serving as a toilet-piece or dressing,its four edge portions falling downward and constituting drapery forconcealing and protecting the mattress and bedding.

The device may be used in connection with the usual pillow-covers orpillow-sham holders.

I am aware that supporters for bedclothes have been devised and employedprior to my present invention. In such former constructions, however,the frames were especially devised to carry more or less of thebed'clothing, thereby, when in nor mal use, relieving the weight orpressure of the bedclothing from the body of the per son or invalidlying beneath, while at the same time permitting the bedclothing to liesufficiently close to the body to maintain a proper degree of warmthwithout actually touching it. My improved cover-supporting frame differsfrom such former devices in that it is adjustable and jointed, and isnot dressy or ornamental effect, the construction being such that whenin use the spread or cover will lie perfectly fiat and smooth.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view,representing my improved bed-cover supporting frame attached to abedstead (the bedding and bedclothes being omitted) and lying in thenormal position. Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation of the frame, inenlarged scale, portions of the same being broken away. Fig. 8'represents a portion of one of the side and transverse telecsopingmembers of the frame; and Fig. t shows the central portion of the sidemembers provided with a hinge or joint.

My improved frame device, A, for supporting a bedspread or cover isadapted to be readily attached to bedsteads; the drawing represents ametal bedstead of usual construction, consisting of the four posts a,&c., constituting the head and foot portions, united by the frontandrear side rails 5 Z).

In carrying out my invention, I prefer ably employ two main paralleltelescoping, thin-Walled side bars 0 c, and a plurality of light,thin-walled, telescoping cross bars (Z, adjustably slidable on anduniting the latter. The front end of the side bars are jointed at a toclips 71. adapted to be ad justably secured to the respective posts a ofthe head. The opposite end portions of the bars normally rest on lugs ordogs a, eX- tending inward from the rear clips h, which are adjustab-lyclamped to the foot posts a. As drawn, these clips or clamps are eachprovided with an outwardly swinging camlever Z having its headconstructed to frictionally clamp the adjacent side of the post, asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Each side bar a is lock-jointed, as at 7, Fig. a, about midway of itslength, thereby permitting the bars to automatically fold together whenthe device is being swung upward from the flat or normal position to thetemporary vertical position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Thefoot portion of the side bars is preferably made telescoping, as at 0Fig. 1, thereby rendering the bar capable of longitudinal adjustment tofit bedsteads Varying in length; a screw 0 or other analogous meansserving to hold the members in the proper relation.

The telescoping cross-bars (Z are slidable longitudinally of theside-bars, screws 0 serving to maintain them in position, while screws(Z Fig. 3, perform a similar ofiice with respect to lateral adjustmentof the frame A.

The manner of operation may be described as follows: The clips h, 72,are first mounted on the respective posts of the bedstead and clamped inposition by means of the dogs Z. In practice, the clips are located at apoint higher than the top of the mattress and bedding; in fact, ifdesired, higher even than the bolster-roll or pillows. The two side-barsc of the frame device proper A are then joint-connected at n to the headclips 71, the cross-bars (Z at the same time being free to move in anendwise direction, thus adapting themselves to the width of the bed ordistance between the two head clips. The rear end portion of the sidebars are then adjusted longitudinally, so as to properly rest upon thecorresponding clips h, followed by tightening the screws 0*. The

I frame now lies flat or horizontal, the adj acent ends of the two partsof each side bar at the joint f then abutting, corresponding somewhatwith a cantaliver action. After this has been effected, the cross barsare spaced along the side bars and secured in position by the screw 0 atthe same time tightening the screws (P. The frame is now capable ofbeing swung bodily on the hinges a and also capable of flexing at thecenter joint In utilizing the frame A a piece of suitable fabric, moreor less ornamental, as desired, and which may be termed a toilet piece,is or may be suitably pinned or sewed to the frame members so as to lieperfectly smooth and flat, its lower edge portions falling downward, sayto or below the four rails of the bedstead and constituting drapery forconcealing or protecting the bedding proper. The toilet piece is movablebodily with the fame when the latter is raised and lowered, the fabricor covering flexing with the frame.

When the device is not in normal service, or lying flatwise, it is swungto the elevated and folded position, indicated by dotted lines in Fig.1.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by United States LettersPatent:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a frame device adapted to support atextile cover or bedspread and arranged to be attached to a bedstead,and capable of being swung upward bodily from the normal or horizontalposition; said frame consisting of a pair of laterally separated,foldable side bars, adapted when in use to extend longi tudinally'of thebed, and a plurality of suitably spaced cross bars, adjustably securedto and connecting the side bars.

2. A frame of the general character herein described, the samecomprising a pair of jointed, laterally separated, longitudinallyadjustable side bars, a plurality of longitudinally adjustabletransverse bars, slidably mounted on the side bars, means for holdingthe several bars in the adjusted positions, and clips or analogousmembers adapted to be attached to a bedstead for supporting said frame.

3. A frame of the general character herein described, the sameconsisting of parallel, longitudinally extensible, tubular side bars,each having a hinge-joint about midway of its length, thereby adaptingit to be flexed or folded, a plurality of spaced, longitudinallyadjustable tubular cross bars interposed between and connecting the sidebars, and clips jointed to the latter and arranged to be attached to abedstead.

l. The combination with the posts of a bedstead and clip membersadjust-ably secured thereto, of a frame device of the character hereindescribed, jointed to and sup ported by said clips, said frameconsisting of a pair of longitudinally adjustable side bars, each havinga joint about midway of its length, and a plurality of longitudinallyadjustable cross bars secured to and connecting the side bars.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

oNEsIME F. BRUNELLE.

lVitnesses Gno. H. REMINGTON, CALVIN H. BROWN.

